KOREAN VERB

끝내다

to finish (something), to get it done

Conjugation

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현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI finish
NegativeI don’t finish

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI finished
NegativeI didn’t finish

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI will finish
NegativeI won’t finish

높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI finish (respectfully)
PastI finished (respectfully)
FutureI will finish (respectfully)

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

명령형 · -(으)세요, -(으)십시오, the casual form, -지 마세요

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

Present

저는 보통 여섯 시에 일을 끝내요.

I usually finish work at six.
Past

어제 밤늦게 보고서를 다 끝냈어요.

I finished the report late last night.
Future

이번 주 안에 이사 준비를 끝낼 거예요.

I'll finish the moving preparations within this week.
Honorific

사장님, 회의는 몇 시에 끝내실 거예요?

Sir, what time will you end the meeting?
Connectives

숙제를 끝내고 나서 친구를 만났어요.

I finished my homework and then met a friend.
Requests and commands

오늘 안에 이 일을 꼭 끝내세요.

Please finish this work within today.

끝내다 is to finish something yourself; 끝나다 is for a thing that ends by itself (수업이 끝나요).

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Intermediate Level 2 · 책을 끝내야 돼요.

Advanced Level 1 · 그럼 따뜻해지기 전에 끝내자.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.